MEMORANDUM FOR: MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES P. CABELL FROM R. H. HILLENKOETTER

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Release Date: November 5, 1998
• Sequence Number: 69
• Publication Date: May 7, 1948
• Content Type: MF

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7 May 1948
FOR: Major General Charles R. G telly USA
Following are the notes relating to our conversation of this
morning:
1. an administrative point of viaa. the pricy difficulty
experienced 'as lack of detailed enabling lei isla..tion to support CIA'
unusual administrative problems. It was thci:.Yht, and properly-ao,
that so much detail should not be put in leg#i station of the brad
policy nature of the National Security Act. This problem has now
been met by submission to the Congress of detailed enabling legis-
lation.
2. In its performance of the inteili.. ce tunct onn outlir d
in the National Security Act, the primary df triculty exp:!rienced
by CIA has been in certain .eakne3s Of langueae in para rsrh l{ !(d)
concerning the meanie ; of' coordination of intelligence activities.
Where the act states "it shall be the duty of the Agency * * C to
advise the National Security Council * * * (*ad) to make re .nda-
tions to the National Security Council 'or tb3 coordination of such
intelligence activities", it has been strong;r argued that this
places on the Director a responsibility raerel,r to obtain cooperx-
tion among the intelligence agencies. This v3akness cif language
and the ensuing controversy might have been A .iminated by the
insertion after the phrase, "it shall be the Iuty of the Agency'",
the following words: "and the Director is her,4by empo.ered", or
some other such phrase indicating the intent of Congress that the
Director was to have a controlling voice in the coordi n`ati.on,
subject to the direction of the National Cecil:-?ity Coura` 1. However,
as time has progressed the coordination between the Departments sand
the Central Intelligence Agency has improved, and is continuing to
improve, to such an extent that I do not believe now, now or amended
legislation is necessary.
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